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Forgetting vs Neglecting - What's the difference?

forgetting | neglecting |

As verbs the difference between forgetting and neglecting

is that forgetting is while neglecting is .

As a noun forgetting

is the mental act by which something is forgotten.

forgetting

English

(wikipedia forgetting)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The mental act by which something is forgotten.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • Jelliffe how it was possible for an illness which had been described unmistakably innumerable times to be 'forgotten' anew by each generation. Such forgettings are as dangerous as they are mysterious, for they give us an unwarranted sense of security.

    neglecting

    English

    Verb

    (head)